Lumbiganon 1994.
Methods | RCT. Individual women. 2‐arm study. | |
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Inclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria
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Interventions |
Intervention: cephalosporin (B1).
Comparison: penicillin (A4) combination.
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Outcomes | Febrile and infectious morbidity. | |
Notes |
Setting: Department of Obstetric and Gynecology, Khon Kaen University, Thailand. Subgroups
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | No information provided. |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Although the published abstract provided no information, the registration of the study with the Oxford Database of Perinatal Trials reported allocation was "by sealed, numbered envelopes" but it is unclear if these had to be used in sequential order. |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | ‘Partially blinded’. |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | ‘Partially blinded’. |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | No loss to follow‐up reported. |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Unclear risk | Trial protocol not available and trial registration form only asks for principle outcomes (febrile morbidity & infectious morbidity) both of which are reported in the Conference abstract. |
Other bias | Unclear risk | No baseline data provided and other possible biases unclear. No information about funding source of study. |